The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
2. (2) College--Public two-year associate degree-granting institutions and public universities.
3. (3) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education.
4. (4) Dual credit--a process by which a high school student enrolls in a college course and receives simultaneous academic credit for the course from both the college and the high school. While dual credit courses are often taught on the secondary school campus to high school students only, applicable sections of these rules, §4.84(a) and §4.85(a), (b), (g), (h), (i) of this title (relating to Dual Credit Partnerships), also apply when a high school student takes a course on the college campus and receives both high school and college credit. Dual credit is also referred to as concurrent course credit; the terms are equivalent. However, dual (or concurrent) enrollment refers to a circumstance in which a student is enrolled in more than one educational institution (including a high school and a college).
5. (5) Public two-year associate degree-granting institution--a community college, a technical college, or a state college.

Source Note:The provisions of this §4.83 adopted to be effective May 27, 2003, 28 TexReg 4114.